May 2013

May 2013
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			spacer Mother Goose Day Hawaiian Lei Day May Day Worthy Wage DayFor child care providers. 1	spacer Dr. Benjamin Spock Born in 1903 2	spacer Space Day National Sun Day Constitution Memorial Day in Japan 3	spacer Kentucky Derby takes place today National Weather Observers' Day Susan's Birthday (from Sesame Street) 4
spacer Leo Lionni born, 1910 Cinco de Mayo Children's Day In Japan 5	spacer Eiffel Tower opens to the public in 1889 6	spacer National Teacher Day Nonny Hogrogianborn, 1932 1st Stamp Collection Started Pulitzer Prize Established (1917) 7	spacer National School Nurse Day No Socks Day 8	spacer Eleanor Estes born, 1906 First Newspaper Cartoon In the USA in 1754. 9	spacer Clean Up Your Room Day Christopher Paul Curtis born, 1953 10	spacer Twilight Zone Day Peter Sis born, 1949 Mark Lupica (BDay) 11
spacer Mother's Day International Nurses Day Kite Day Limerick Day 12	spacer Tulip Day 13	spacer Beginning of Lewis and Clark ExpeditionIn 1804. National Dance Like a Chicken Day Eoin Colfer born, 1965 14	spacer Norma Fox Mazer born, 1931 Frank L . BaumAuthor of The Wizard of Oz - born in 1856. National Chocolate Chip Day Paul Zindel born, 1936 15	spacer First US Nickel Minted In 1866, called the 'Shield Nickel'. 16	spacer First Kentucky Derby In 1875 Gary Paulson born, 1939 17	spacer Miniature Golf Day(Some celebrate on Sept 21st) Armed Forces Day Lillian Hoban born, 1925 International Museum Day Mount St. Helens Erupted In 1980. Visit Your Relatives Day 18
spacer Circus Day The Ringling Brother's Circus opened in 1884. 19	spacer Victoria DayCelebrated in Canada on the Monday before May 25. Lindbergh Flight Dayin 1927 Mary Pope Osborne born, 1949 20	spacer American Red Cross FoundedFounded by Clara Barton in 1881. 21	spacer Arnold Lobel born, 1933 Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day 22	spacer Margaret Wise Brown born, 1910 Scott O' Dell born, 1898 Peter Parnall born, 1936 Penny Day 23	spacer Mary Had A Little Lamb Published in 1830. First Morse Code Message Sent Sent from Washington DC to Baltimore in 1844. 24	spacer Martha Alexander born, 1920 National Missing Children's Day National Tap Dance Day 25
spacer Blueberry Cheesecake Day 26	spacer Memorial Day Golden Gate Bridge Opens in 1937 Masking Tape Patented in 1930 27	spacer Jim Thorpe Born in 1888 28	spacer John F. KennedyBorn in 1917 Andrew Clements born, 1949 29	spacer Ice Cream Freezer Patented In 1848 by William Young. 30	spacer Jay Williams born, 1981 World No Tobacco Day 31

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Special Goings-On

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week (1st Week)

Be Kind to Animals Week (1st Week)

National Postcard Week (1st Week)

Teacher Appreciation Week (1st Week)

National Children's Book Week (Early Week in May)

National Pet Week (1st Week)

National Police Week (3rd Week)

National Transportation Week (3rd Week)

National Backyard Games Week (Last full week before Memorial Day.)
American Bike Month

Asparagus Month

Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month

Better Hearing and Speech Month

Better Sleep Month

Correct Posture Month

Healthy Vision Month

National Bar-B-Que Month

National Duckling Month

National Egg Month

Flower Month

National Hamburger Month

National Mental Health Month

National Physical Fitness & Sports Month

National Photo Month

Older Americans Month

National Salad Month

National Strawberry Month

Transportation Month

Get Caught Reading Month
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